PDRF: A General Dispersion Relation Solver for Magnetized Multi-Fluid Plasma

TL;DR

This paper introduces PDRF, a comprehensive numerical solver capable of analyzing wave propagation in magnetized multi-fluid plasmas, accounting for anisotropic pressures, magnetic fields, relativistic effects, and plasma inhomogeneity.

Contribution

It presents a novel general dispersion relation solver that integrates multiple complex plasma effects into a unified computational framework.

Findings

Successfully evaluates wave properties in complex plasma conditions

Includes effects of anisotropic pressure and magnetic fields

Handles relativistic and inhomogeneous plasma scenarios

Abstract

A general dispersion-relation solver that numerically evaluates the full propagation properties of all the waves in fluid plasmas is presented. The effects of anisotropic pressure, external magnetic fields and beams, relativistic dynamics, as well as local plasma inhomogeneity are included. [Computer Physics Communications, (2013); doi: 10.1016/j.cpc.2013.10.012; code: http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/summaries/AERF\_v1\_0.html]